Master folder, with projects in it?

I just started importing pictures to Aperture. I have a master folder, and I just fill it with projects. The projects will be - vacations etc. I`m planning to have albums under the projects, that says Berlin 2013 etc. From these albums I will make slideshows etc.
Is this a smart way, or should I  make folders called Vaccations, concerts etc, and then sub levels of projects, like Berlin 2013?
Bandini

Don't make your projects too large.
It is easier to have nested folders, for example "Vacations > Antarctica 2014 > Peninsula" and then a project for each day.
You can add  albums at each level of the folders. It is easy to collapse folders and get large parts of the library out of the way when browsing this way.
Selecting any folder at any level will reveal all photos in it.
My travel folder is looking like this:
But this is widely a matter of taste

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